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Show Anrlrnt nml 3loelvrn llrrtt. I think tho ancients exercised Tartly moro Judgment In tho matter of w earli.g apparel than do the moderns. Comparo tho dross cf a Itomau senator with the hnlienlashcry of n meuiber of tho American Ameri-can liouso of millionaires. Tho former was graceful, comfortable, plcturesepie, tho latter Is tho rourso of nil these, W'e do not ronlizahow incongruous and In-artlntlo In-artlntlo tho modern malo costtuuo Is, bo-innso bo-innso wohnvo become nicustomed to It A high silk lut, si Ikctnllrdcoatnnd baggy bag-gy trousers constitute our Ideal of faultless fault-less attire, jet it is sufllclent togho nn artist an ncuto attack of the mulligrubs. Sculptors moid. It as they woull tho plague; nrtlitj frequcntlyrosortta gro s auachruuliims to get around n combination combina-tion which makes n iua,n loscmblo nothing no-thing created by tho Almighty, and destitute des-titute of n rlnglu line of lieauty. Wo nro continually lecturing tho h-dies h-dies on tho subject of dress, jot they hai o preserved some of tho lie tutles nml comforts of ancient cottumes, w lillo w o luo racriflceil them all nnd nro as jiroud of it m an Indian Mpmw ho lu i traded a buffalo rol for n secondhand pair of soldier luiiits. Hicnthoextiav-ngancos Hicnthoextiav-ngancos of male costumes during tho Middle Ages wcro Infinitely prcfcrablo to tho itupiil garments of tho present Wo will probably nocr return to tho toga of tho Itomans or tho gaudy colors of tho crusaders, but the baggy trousers, tho rplkctallod coat and tho ldiollo "p!ug"caunot last former. Somogeiilus will ct lead us out of tho wilderness of absurdities Into which wo hao fallen. lntcnlowln fat, Louis (Jlobo-Domocrat. |
